Loyal Heart Roaming the Skies
Chapter 69: Life is really

On the way back to the inn, Shuanzi chatted with Xiaoxiao casually.

"Ha, there are so many people in the city, ha?"

"The buildings are really tall."

"Watch your step!"

"Young girl, you can really walk."

With a bit of clumsiness and sincerity, Xiaoxiao finally replied, "Thank you, you can walk pretty well too."

"Haha!" Shuanzi said happily, "I've never walked with such a pretty girl before. No, I've never walked with a girl before..."

"We're not strolling, we're going back to the inn."

"I've never gone back to the inn with a girl before!"

Xiaoxiao held a piece of cloth and looked down, no longer speaking.

Shuanzi could only look left and right, pretending that everything was fine and the atmosphere was not awkward.

...

After leaving the small courtyard, Jiang Wang didn't wander around the city anymore, but went straight back to the inn.

During his conversation with Xizi Chu, he finally realized something.

When he obtained the Mingqi Changxiangsi, it seemed that Zhongxuan Sheng asked him to come to Qingyang Town not only for the Tianqing Stone vein, but also to take over the entire Yang Kingdom business of the Zhongxuan family.

This was the support given by the family to Zhongxuan Sheng after he took a big step in the succession competition. However, he still had very few usable people by his side.

The Hu family mine was just the first step of Jiang Wang's journey in the Yang Kingdom, helping Zhongxuan Sheng smoothly control the resources of the Zhongxuan family in the Yang Kingdom, and providing further support for his competition with Zhongxuan Zun. This was Zhongxuan Sheng's ultimate goal.

Of course, if Jiang Wang didn't handle things well and proved that he didn't have the ability in this aspect, Zhongxuan Sheng probably wouldn't entrust him with the rest of the tasks.

This was a rare opportunity for Jiang Wang. Whether facing the White Bone Path or the Zhuang Kingdom, he had the need to establish his own power. This was a good opportunity for him to gain experience. Furthermore, as long as he did things well, Zhongxuan Sheng wouldn't mind if he took advantage of the situation.

And all of this depended on the Hu family mine itself.

He had to handle this matter well, not just to give Zhongxuan Sheng an answer, but to give the other members of the Zhongxuan family a reason to be convinced.

Jiang Wang asked Shuanzi to drive the carriage, carrying the purchased cloth, and the three of them headed directly to the mine.

The only problem with leaving the city at this time was safety.

But with Jiang Wang, a Transcendent cultivator, there was no need to worry.

The plan to stay in Jiacheng for a day was cancelled. Xiaoxiao naturally had no objections, but Shuanzi felt a little disappointed.

While driving the carriage, he asked, "Master Dugu, why aren't we staying in the city?"

Jiang Wang had suddenly left before and didn't tell them what to do.

At this moment, he casually replied, "There's nothing special in Jiacheng."

As for his purpose of coming to Jiacheng, he had already achieved it, so there was no need to explain it to Shuanzi.

Jiang Wang closed his eyes and cultivated along the way, and the carriage returned to the mining area smoothly.

...

After unloading the cloth from the carriage and putting it in Jiang Wang's yard, Shuanzi went to report to Hu Guanshi.

Xiaoxiao couldn't help but touch the high-quality cloth, playing with it repeatedly, unable to put it down.

Jiang Wang went directly into his bedroom and started today's evening class.

After familiarizing himself with all the Dao techniques, he entered the Illusory Realm and had three battles. He won all three battles.

After reviewing the battles for a while, he began to think about the problem of the Tianqing Stone vein.

Since the Xiji family was temporarily ruled out, things would be much easier.

The remaining directions were the Transcendent cultivators stationed here and the Hu family in Qingyang Town.

In terms of specific events, there were three breakthroughs.

One was that workers in the mine saw a sheep in the mine and then left. Another was that the stationed cultivator fought against a mysterious person who trespassed into the mine and then left. The last one was the murder case mentioned by Shuanzi, the son of the village chief, Hu Shaomeng.

Jiang Wang wrote down these analyses one by one on paper, looked at them for a while, and then ignited the paper, burning it to ashes.

...

Late at night.

Jiang Wang leaped out of the window without making a sound.

With his current cultivation level, no one in the Hu family mine could detect his presence.

Leaving the mining area, he hurried to Qingyang Town.

It wasn't difficult to find the village chief's house, it was the most magnificent one in the whole town.

At this time, everything was quiet, and most of the townspeople had already gone to sleep.

Hu You, as the actual operator of the Zhongxuan family's mine vein in Jiacheng, must have his own abilities. Jiang Wang didn't underestimate him.

With his current knowledge, he didn't have any suitable stealth techniques, so he simply used his physical strength to jump onto the roof, relying entirely on his control over his body to move silently.

The roof of Hu's house was covered with green tiles, and Jiang Wang landed like a falling leaf.

He found the main house and heard faint sounds.

Estimating the position, Jiang Wang slowly removed a green tile and looked down, but his eyes widened.

A pile of white and greasy fat almost blinded his eyes.

Now that he could hear clearly, the faint sound was clearly the creaking of a bed.

Jiang Wang held his breath and focused.

In an instant, the sound stopped.

Then there was a long rustling sound.

Jiang Wang heard an old man's voice saying, "Don't come over tomorrow, Shaomeng is coming back."

This person should be Hu You, the village chief of Qingyang Town.

Then a woman's voice complained, "Your wife has been dead for eight years, isn't it normal to remarry? Why do we have to do it secretly? Can we hide from him for a lifetime?"

Hu You advised, "Just endure it. He's practicing outside and doesn't come back often."

"Then why did he come back this time?"

"Don't ask about this, there's no benefit in knowing."

The woman seemed angry, "You always tell me to endure, tell me not to ask. Why don't you tell your son to endure, not to call me mother?"

"He has always been unruly. Now that he has learned some skills, do you dare to provoke him?"

The woman's voice immediately softened, only to complain, "I've never heard of a father being afraid of his son."

"Sigh. After he leaves, I'll make it up to you."

……

Jiang Wang listened for a long time from the corner of the wall, but he didn't hear anything useful.

The only piece of information he got was that Hu Shaomeng's father, Hu You, had secretly found him a stepmother, but due to Hu Shaomeng's temper, he didn't dare to openly marry her.

What on earth was going on?

He carefully put the tile back and then leapt away from the place.

He had planned to search Hu Shaomeng's room tonight, but considering that Hu Shaomeng hadn't been back for a long time, there wouldn't be any useful clues in his residence.

It would be better to wait for his return.

From Hu You's words, it seemed that it would happen in the next few days.

On the way back to the mine, he was blown by the summer night wind.

Jiang Wang suddenly thought of a question.

Xi Zichu and Hu Shaomeng were both cultivating in other places, why did they both return during this period? Was it just a coincidence?

……

With things on his mind, he was about to reach the small courtyard, Jiang Wang had a thought, deliberately changed direction, pretending to be going out.

"Brother Xiang, are you also out to enjoy the moon?"

He greeted the down-and-out uncle who was swaying over.

He didn't know why this Uncle Xiang was swaying back and forth all day, what was he swaying for?

The man lifted his eyelids and glanced at Jiang Wang.

"Sigh." He sighed deeply.

"……" Jiang Wang couldn't help but ask, "Can I ask what you're always sighing about?"

"Don't you think……" He yawned, listlessly, "This kind of life is very boring?"

"……I just got here."

"Sigh, believe me. We won't amount to anything in this life. Just endure it, endure today and tomorrow. Day after day, year after year, until we grow old, die, be buried by the yellow earth, and turn into yellow earth."

He drooped his eyelids, "Life really has no meaning."

Jiang Wang was not the kind of hot-blooded youth who always wanted to burn with others.

"I just remembered I still have a nap to take."

Without saying another word, he turned around and returned to his own yard. "Excuse me."

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